Hinged telescopic box.



No. 637,997. Patented Nov. 28, I899. C. J. RUSSELL.

HINGED TELESGOPIC BOX.

(Apizlication filed Mar. 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED- STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

CHARLES J. RUSSELL, OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO MORRIS A. RUSSELL, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOBE E. APSEY, OF ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFORNIA.

HINGED TELESCOPIC BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,997, dated November 28, 1899. Application filed March 24, 1899. Serial No. 710,331. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern.- fixed interior to the top of the section A, and Be it known that I, CHARLES J. RUSSELL, a when the two parts A and B are in line the citizen of the United States, residing at Santa tongue-and-grooved straps C are slidable in Maria,county of Santa Barbara,State of Cali the clasps D D, which stand in line with fornia, have invented an Improvement in them, and the part B may be slid into the 55 Hinged Telescopic Boxes; and I hereby depart A to any desired depth.

clare the following to be a full, clear, and ex- In order to hold the two parts in the desired act description of the same. relation to each other, I have shown spring- My invention relates to a telescopic box latches H, which are turnable about pivothaving a combination of hinges and slidable points G and which have upon their swinging 6o guides whereby the two telescoping parts of ends pins I. In the sides of the section A are the box may be adjusted to give any desired holes through which these pins pass, and cordepth within its capacity, and at the same responding-holesJ are made in the straps C, time the parts are connected by the hinge, so that the pins I passing through the holes J so that when they are extended to their fullest will enter the holes J, which may be at the 65 capacity one maybe turned about the other time in line with the holes J, and will thus by means of the hinge to open the box withhold the two parts firmly together. out separating the parts. The sections A B of the box are preferably .It also comprises latching devices or looks provided with loops K, formed in any approby which the parts may be held at any point priate manner and adapted to receivealeath- 7o of adjustment and details of construction, ern strap, which may extend from one loop to which will be more fully explained by refthe other and serve as a handle by which to erence to the accompanying drawings, in carry the box. which The hinges E have the clasps D, which are Figure 1 is afront elevation of my invention. at that side ot'the section A, attached to them Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 in such a manner that the clasps will stand is a transverse section on the line .9500 of Fig. in line to receive the T-shaped slides C when 1, showing the two parts of the box separate. the two sections A and B are in line, and thus Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and dare allow them to slide together.

30 detail views, on an enlarged scale, of one cor- \Vhen the two parts A and B have been ner of the parts A and B. separated until the loweredge of B is just A and B are the two sections of which the ready to leave the open top of A, the slide C box is composed, the part B being slidable upon the rear will be arrested by a suitable and fitting snugly within the part A. These stop against the clasps D, and the upper part 35 parts are made of papier-mach or fiber or B may then be turned about the hinges and any suitable material for the purpose. The opened outwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, so that part B has straps C fixed in countersunk the interior of the sections is exposed forany grooves or channels C along the vertical desired use. sides, as shown. The outer parts of these Bythis constructionIprovide an extremely 4o straps are wider than the part immediately convenient telescopic box the parts of which beneath, so that in cross-section they are T- are always retained together without the use shaped, thus forming grooves or channels beof leathern straps and may be opened'about neath the outer part or head, and these fit their hinges with relation to each other or into correspondingly-shaped clasps D, which closed and the dimensions of the box con- 45 are connected with the part A of the box. tracted by telescoping the parts to suit the The clasps D- .upon'the rear form the turnbulk of the contents. able part of the hinges E, the other portion Locks of any description may be used to of the hinges being fixed to the lower part A permanently secure the parts together when of the box. properly adjusted.

5 The claspsD upon the front of the box are Having thus described my invention, what Ioo I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A telescopic box consisting of sections one slidable within the other, vertical bars upon the sides ofone section and in which said bars are slidable, latches fixed to one section and adapted to engage the other section to retain the sections in any adjustment with relation to each other, and a hinge connection whereby the sections maybe opened or closed with relation to each other without separation. j

2. A telescopic box consisting of sections, one of which is slidable within the other, T- shapcd bars fixed vertically upon opposite sides of the inner sections, hinges fixed to the other section having clasps carried by the turnable leaf of the hinge in which the rear T-shaped bars are slidable whereby the sections may be extended to their limit and then opened about the hinges.

3. Ina telescopic box sections, one of which is slidable within the other and combined slidable guides and hinges whereby the parts may be closed together or extended and opened with relation to each other without separation.

4. A box consisting of telescopic sections having slidable guides and hinges fixed to one of the sections with which the slidable guides upon that side are connected and about which they are turnable.

5. The combination of box sections one adapted to telescope within the other, and a combined slidable guide and hinged connection between said sections.

6. A box consisting of two sections, the inner one having vertical countersunk channels upon opposite sides, guide-bars fixed in said channels so as not to project beyond the surface of the section, guidingclasps fixed to the'front of the larger section, in which said bars are slidable, hinges having one leaf fixed to the rear of said section and clasps fixed to the movable leaves of the hinges in which the bars of the rear side are slidable and also turnable about the hinge-pin when the two sections have been extended.

7. A two-part box comprising sections, one of which telescopes within the other, hinges having one leaf fixed to the lower section and the other turnable, and clasps or guides carried by the movable leaves of the hinges, guides fixed to the sides of the smaller section, the rear guides being slidable in the clasps upon the hinges and similar clasps fixed to the frontsidein which the corresponding bars of the front are slidable, swinging latches pivoted to the lower section having pins extending from the movable ends, holes made through the upper opposite sides of the lower section and corresponding holes in the sliding bars of the other section, with any set of which the pins are adapted to engage to adjust the size of the receptacle.

8. In a box of the character described, the sections adapted to telescope one within the other, a combined slidable guide and hinged connection between said sections and raised loops on the sections adaptedto receive a strap or connection.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my .hand.

CHARLES J. RUSSELL.

\Vitnesses:

T. R. FINLEY, J. J. GooDWIN, S. D. ALMEGER. 

